Repeating gun for shooting elastic bands



Feb. 9 1926;

F. c. EcKER REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS Filed Oct. 30, 925

INVENTOR.

Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES FRED C. ECKER, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

REPEATING GUN 'I'OR SHOOTING- ELASTIC BANDS.

Application filed October 80, 1925. Serial No. 85,801.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED C. EoKEn, a citizen of the United States,residing in Topeka, county of Shawnee, and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Repeating Gun forShooting Elastic Bands.

My invention relates to a repeating gun for shooting elastic bands.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy functioning as a gun.

A further obJect of my invention is to provide a toy gun that isharmless.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a toy gun that willrepeat.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a gun that willproduce a report simultaneous with the discharge of the elastic band.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. I is a side view of the gun, in pistol form.

Fig. II is a top View of Fig. I.

Fig. III is a side view of the rotary disc.

FigIV is a view showing the operation.

The mechanism comprising my invention consists of a grip 1, and a barrel2, the said gri and barrel being integral, and interme iately positionedbetween the grip and the barrel is a spurred disc 3 rotatably mounted ina slot 4:, the said disc rotating on a pin 5, engaging in an aperture 6concentrically posltioned in said disc, the said pin having a head withan eye on one end and the opposite end threaded to engage in thestructure on the opposite side of the slot.

On the underside thereof is a spring 7 securely fastened at one end bymeans of screws 8, the opposite end being free to spring by action ofthe spurs in their rotation; the said spring functions as a stopresisting the tensions of the elastic bands 9 and also functions as areport element in its rebound striking the structure to which it isattached, producing a sound as of a gun when discharged; the said discmember is a structure having a plurality of spurs 10; the said spursfunction as a trigger and a hook over which the elastic bands arelooped. I When the said bands are looped on the spurs they are stretchedto the muzzle of the gun engaging in a notch as atA, from whence theyare free to pass when the opposite end is released by the rotation ofthe disc carrying the spurs downward through the slot as at B, at whichtime force of the contraction of the elastic band causes it to travelwith great rapidity in longitudinal alignment with the barrel strikingthe object in ran e therewith.

T e gun herein described is adapted to dischar three rubber bandsconsecutively by pulling. the exposed spur as at C, functioning as thetrigger and simultaneous with the movement the spur D will release thefirst band and the spur E will escape from the end of the spring 7causing a sharp reort. This action will also bring the ad- Jacent spur Fin position to discharge a second hand, and so on until all bands havebeen discharged.

In placing the bands for individual discharge, band 9" is positionedfirst,.then '9" second, then 9"; the bands lapping on each other as atA, they may then be discharged without interruption of eachother.

In Fig. IV is shown a band leaving the muzzle of the gun when thetrigger spur is pulled, it being understood that the spurs in theirrotation become triggers consecutively and positioned as shown at C inFig. I. The grip and barrel may be cast or madev of sheet metal stampedor they may be made of fiber or any suitable material at.

the discretion of the manufacturer and likewise the spurred disc.

I do not confine my invention to be made in the shape of a pistol asherein disclosed,

as the form of a rifle or shot gun may be employed. Therefore suchmodifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appendedclaims. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is r 1. In a repeating gun for shooting elasticbands, a gun comprising a grip and a barrel, a spurred disc rotatablymounted near the grip of said gun, elastic bands engaging on the spursof said disc and the muzzle of the gun, a spring engaging on the spursof said disc functioning as a resistance for said elastic bands and tocreate a report on the stock of said gun simultaneous with the dischargeof said bands.

2. In a repeating gun for shooting elastic hands, a gun comprising astock and a barrel integral, a slot positioned in the stock atspurs'tangentially positioned on the periph- .ery of said element, saidspurs functioning as a trigger consecutively in the rotations of saidmember, a notch transversely positioned across the muzzle of saidbarrel, a plurality of elastic bands engaging in said notch and with thespurs of sald rotating member, a springon the stock ofisaid gunfunctioning as counter tensionvto resist the tension of saidelastichands, all substantially as shown' and for the purpose described.

-trigger, and a spring attached to said stock,

said spring adapted to engage the spur ad jacent to the spur functioningas a trigger consecutively in their rotation, the said springfiinctioning'as a stop resisting the tension of said elastic bands, thesaid spring adapted to snap on the stock of the gun as released by thespurs in their rotation.

4. In a repeating gun for shooting elastic bands, a gun, elastic bandsdetachably positioned on said gun, a notch across the muzzle of said 11,said notch functioning as a seat for sald elastic bands, a spurredmemberrotatably mounted at the breech of said gun, the spurs of said memberfunctioning as attachin means for the opposite end of elastic ban s, aspring frictioning on the spurs of said rotatable member, said springcausing a report at the instant of disengagement from the spurssimultaneously with the discharge of the elastic bands as said member isrotated.

5. In a repeating gun for shooting elastic bands, the combination of atoy gun, a structure of the shape of a gun, a spurred member rotatablymounted in the stock thereof, elastic bands tensioning from the muzzleof the gun and attached to separate spurs on said rotating member sothat the rotation of the said rotatable member will discharge one bandat a time as rotated by the protruding spurs functioning as a triggerconsecutively until all bands have been discharged.

FRED C. ECKER;

